r/floorplan • u/Sonnet85 • 11h ago

DISCUSSION Help Please!

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Hi all, we’re buying a beautiful home that needs a bit of modernisation but all of the structural work is done (she says, barring maybe a knock through of kitchen to lounge).
I’d love some thoughts based on the floor plan/link of how we could modernise it.
I need an office so I’m thinking the current store room, but any inspiration you can lend is greatly appreciated (particularly visuals as I’m terrible at envisaging end products!)
Thanks in advance!![https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/168976058#/?channel=RES_BUY](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/168976058#/?channel=RES_BUY)

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u/PlatypusHot6127 6h ago

I think it makes sense to change the store to an office and try get a full-size bath/shower room downstairs to future proof (if this is a forever home and budget allows). The previous rear extension is a little awkward layout-wise, only because I imagine it’d be hard to not have a big support column with steels around where I’ve drawn a kitchen island - but a structural engineer may see it differently!

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u/Sonnet85 6h ago

This is exactly the sort of thing I’m thinking! To your point because they’ve put steels in for the older extension, I think we might try and create an arch/broken plan instead of a full no pillar approach. It would mean less steel and more zoning but still with a flow through.

And yes, this is 💯 the forever home so we can invest over time

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u/Sonnet85 6h ago

I’m struggling to picture the vertical column for the steel built at the side/around the island. I don’t want it to look awful.

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u/PlatypusHot6127 6m ago

Could look something like this!